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To panic, or not to panic, is a predicament faced by Canadian business leaders after the United States this week outlined its desired outcomes from a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canadians have reason to worry, particularly when it comes to the Americans’ intent to do away with the dispute resolution mechanism […]

Lu Shaye, China’s ham-handed ambassador to Canada since early March, has told the federal government to stop “bowing down to Canadian journalists,” to ignore their probing inquiries into China’s human rights issues and to get down to the business of negotiating a free trade agreement between the two countries. The Canadian government wants respect for human […]

B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver says Alberta should “get with the program” and move away from oil and gas. OK, let’s do it. The first step would be to stop shipments through the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline to the B.C. Interior and Lower Mainland. Almost 90 per cent of the fuel for Vancouver and the […]

A U.S. court begins hearing arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims increased volumes of oilsands crude have been allowed to flow from Canada into the United States without adequate public input or environmental review. Indigenous and environmental groups filed a lawsuit late last year against the U.S. State Department and Secretary of State […]

CALGARY A U.S. appeal is likely following the latest World Trade Organization decision on country of origin labelling, said federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Monday, but Canada “will not rest” until the controversial legislation is scrapped entirely.

A historic treaty to bring back bison has been signed in Montana by First Nations and tribes on both sides of the Canada-United States border. The Northern Tribes Buffalo Treaty — the first of its kind in 150 years — will work to establish inter-tribal alliances for the restoration of bison on reserves or co-managed lands within the U.S. and Canada.

Remember that? Memory is a tricky thing. Two people can have a completely different recollection of the same event, 10 or 20 or 30 years later — and sometimes, your strongest memories are of things that you didn’t actually see.

GAZA, Palestine - Ignoring international appeals for a cease-fire, Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets to civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties and deployed ground troops inside Gaza for the first time early Sunday to raid a rocket launching site in the Palestinian territory. More than 156 Palestinians have been killed.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was his own Conservative attack ad Saturday night, launching a scathing critique of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in front of an enthusiastic partisan crowd. Speaking at the annual Stampede barbecue of his Conservative riding association — which will become Calgary Heritage at the next election — Harper said both the opposition NDP and Liberals would jeopardize Canada’s economic stability and position in the world.

Canadian retaliation is increasingly likely as the U.S. government continues to dig in its heels over its controversial meat labelling law, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters following the first meeting of NAFTA Agriculture Ministers in Mexico, Ritz said he told U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that Canada is ready to impose tariffs on certain U.S. goods as soon as it receives authorization from the World Trade Organization.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper could narrow the gulf of mistrust with aboriginal peoples by blocking major resource projects including two proposed pipeline megaprojects to the B.C. coast — unless First Nations consent to construction, the United Nations said Monday.

CALGARY — She is the odds-on favourite right now to become the next President of the United States — if she decides to run for the position as one of the world’s most powerful and influential leaders. But before then, Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and First Lady, will pay a visit to Calgary.

The U.S. State Department’s final environmental assessment for the Keystone XL pipeline has confirmed what the industry has said all along — that oil will get to market — and acknowledged the unspoken truth that the likely alternatives would be worse. The report now goes to President Barack Obama for a 90-day review period and a decision on the 1,400-kilometre portion of the much-delayed pipeline that’s become a lightning rod for environmentalists and a point of contention for the Canadian and U.S. governments.

Alberta and Ottawa say a new U.S. State Department report sets the Keystone XL pipeline on the route to approval, but the long-sought link between the oilsands and Gulf Coast still faces major obstacles that could keep it from completion. The State Department’s final environmental impact assessment released Friday said TransCanada’s $5.4-billion proposed project, which has provoked ferocious opposition from environmental organizations, would not be a significant contributor to climate change.

The Alberta and federal governments hailed a State Department report Friday that said the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would not be a significant contributor to climate change, saying it sets the stage for the project to go ahead.

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